Steven Yeun ditches Marvel’s ‘Thunderbolts’ by email. Sorry, Sentry, he’s just not that into you

Steven Yeun said the time off during the SAG-AFTRA strike “kind of pulled me out of it” when discussing why he dropped out of Marvel’s “Thunderbolts.” Steven Yeun broke up with Marvel by email. Amid news of his departure from the upcoming “Thunderbolts” superhero film, Yeun told Variety that he had spent a lot of time trying to write the break-up message to the production. Then, in November, showrunner Robert Kirkman, who collaborated with Yeun on “The Walking Dead” and Prime’s animated superhero series “Invincible,” all but confirmed the casting by commenting during an interview, “My good friend Steven Yeun is playing the Sentry in a movie.” Kirkman added that the actor called him after a costume fitting for the film and made a joke about playing another superhero dressed in yellow and blue. He also is starring in Oscar-winner Bong Joon Ho’s upcoming sci-fi film “Mickey 17.” Yeun is up for an Emmy nomination for “Beef” in the limited or anthology series category.